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Candles that smell like Diptyque Baies

Baies is blackcurrant leaf and Bulgarian rose, and it is the most copied candle in the world. Most copies read as jam. These are the ones that keep the green.

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How they compare

Diptyque Baies compared with its closest matches
CandlePriceSizeBurnPer hour
Diptyque Baies[ Not shown ]6.5 oz50 hrs—
Brooklyn (Brooklyn Candle Studio)[ Not shown ]7.5 oz50 hrs—
Tomato Leaf (Brooklyn Candle Studio)[ Not shown ]7.5 oz50 hrs—
Love Potion (Brooklyn Candle Studio)[ Not shown ]7.5 oz50 hrs—
[ Not shown ] is a figure we hold and are withholding. Not observed is one nobody here has recorded. Hover or focus either for the reason.

Burn hours are as stated by each maker, never measured by us. Where a shop publishes a different figure we record both and say so. “Not observed” means nobody here has ever recorded a price for that row. “Not shown” means we hold one and are withholding it, because its source page or its pricing basis was never recorded, and a sale price set against a list price produces a wrong answer from correct arithmetic. The reasons per row: Diptyque Baies — Price not shown — source not recorded; Brooklyn — Price not shown — basis not established; Tomato Leaf — Price not shown — basis not established; Love Potion — Price not shown — basis not established.

The original

What Baies actually smells like

Top
First impression, fades fastest
  • Blackcurrant leaf
  • Green stem
Middle
The body of the scent
  • Bulgarian rose
Base
What lingers in the room
  • Soft musk
The matches

How close each one gets

  • Brooklyn

    Brooklyn Candle Studio

    Cassis is blackcurrant, and it sits here over leather and patchouli rather than rose. The berry lands; the green leaf that defines the original does not.

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  • Tomato Leaf

    Brooklyn Candle Studio

    Tomato leaf and Italian parsley give the sharp green stem note Baies is built on, without any berry at all. The closest thing to the leaf half.

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  • Love Potion

    Brooklyn Candle Studio

    Mandarin over lavender and jasmine. A softer floral than Bulgarian rose and much sweeter, but it covers the bouquet half of the accord.

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Questions

What people ask about this scent

What makes Baies hard to dupe?
The accord depends on a green, almost bitter blackcurrant leaf sitting over rose. Cheaper fragrance oils reproduce the berry but not the leaf, which is why most dupes smell sweeter than the original.

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